On May 16, nine students from the San Juan del Sur Day School, accompanied by their teacher Adam Daniel, came to the Fundación offices. The Day School students are studying how people organize themselves into groups to do service projects or to govern themselves, and they were interested to learn how the Fundación was organized.Program Director Álvaro Novoa explained the origins and programs of the Fundación, including the requirement by scholarship students to perform community service. The scholarship students organize their own projects every year. To better explain to the young people how the organization of the projects happens, Álvaro invited two scholarship students who have been leaders in their respective groups to speak to the young people.Francis Aliana Quiroz, who is just about to graduate with a degree in public accounting, and Daniel Monestel Yubank, who is in his fourth year of law, talked about how the different groups they have participated in began their work by investigating the problems that existed in their communities, and asking the residents what problems they thought needed to be solved. This information then guided their project.​The Day School students are planning on developing a program of their own, and they were happy for this advice on how to organize their project.

On May 12, Fundación A. Jean Brugger held the first training on sexual and reproductive health with the medical sciences students in order to strengthen their knowledge of this subject. The medical sciences students have implemented a project to educate adolescent girls about reproductive health in partnership with the organization Days for Girls.This training will strengthen the value of the social initiatives implemented by our scholarship students in the different communities of San Juan del Sur.The training was given by Dr. Alvaro Cortez who is a specialist in Reproductive Sexual Health.

Last Friday, May 4, 2018, Denisse Tenorio and Kelvin Vargas graduated from the Autonomous Christian University of Nicaragua, UCAN-Masaya with a degree in Customs and Foreign Trade Administration.​Denisse Tenorio has had a scholarship since 2017; her sponsors are Mark and Beverly Campbell. Kelvin Vargas was awarded his scholarship in 2015; his sponsor is Jaycie Dane.The Fundación A. Jean Brugger gives the most sincere CONGRATULATIONS to these two young professionals and their parents.We want to thank and congratulate the sponsors of these students, because they have helped to fulfil the dreams of these young people and contributed to the development of education in San Juan del Sur.Thank you for believing and trusting in the mission of Fundación A. Jean Brugger: "Providing educational opportunities for human and community development"

This past Sunday, April 15, Fundación A. Jean Brugger scholarship students received the second training on the crime of human trafficking provided by officials of the Institute of Strategic Study and Public Policy (IEEPP). IEEPP is partnering with the Fundación to raise awareness of this crime against the most vulnerable people in the municipality of San Juan del Sur.The objective of this activity with our scholarship students was to provide information and necessary tools in order that the students are able to educate people about this problem in the different communities where they do community service projects.This second training was with a more participatory, experiential and practical methodology. A report was presented on the problems in the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua highlighting actual cases. The students were divided into three groups, each of which was presented with a different case history of human trafficking.The students were required to work through a questionaire to help them analyze, reflect and propose measures of action. With this second training the scholarship students are prepared to begin implementing this knowledge in their social initiatives with children, adolescents and parents of families.

​On April 8 Fundación Jean Brugger convened a meeting of the 40 scholarship students, with the main purpose of guiding the organizational structure and operation of the students’ community service projects. All students are required to participate in community service programs, to give back to the community.This year there are 6 groups, formed according to the professional profile of the students: medical sciences, economic sciences, law and humanities, engineering and architecture, international trade, and tourism. Each of these groups will execute social initiatives, but also include in their plans of activities the issue of human trafficking.For example the medical sciences group will implement a program of female reproductive health education, in conjunction with the international Days for Girls program. All of the social initiatives implemented by the scholarship students are with the technical support of the staff of Fundación A. Jean Brugger and financial support from some friends of the Fundación, including the scholarship sponsors and the International Rotary Club.

In March 2018, Fundación A. Jean Brugger officially welcomed Alejandro Flores into the Scholarship Program. Alejandro is originally from the community of Tortuga, San Juan del Sur.Flores is studying Systems Engineering at UPOLI-Rivas Polytechnic University; this is the first year of his university career.Alejandro’s sponsor is Mr. Daniel Hart. The staff of Fundación A. Jean Brugger thanks Mr. Hart for the trust he has placed in the Fundación, for supporting the education of Alejandro Flores, and for supporting the educational development of the youth of San Juan del Sur.​The members of Fundación A. Jean Brugger welcome Alejandro and his sponsor Daniel Hart as part of the Fundación A. Jean Brugger family.

In March 2018, Fundación A. Jean Brugger officially welcomed Lismadiela Baez Yubank into the scholarship program. Lismadiela is originally from the Israel Zacarías Mora neighborhood of San Juan del Sur.

Lismadiela is studying medicine at the Autonomous University of Nicaragua UNAN-Managua, and she is in the second year of her university career.

Her sponsor is Barbara Vazquez. This is the first time that Ms. Vazquez has sponsored a Fundación A. Jean Brugger student and the staff of the Fundación thanks her for the trust she has placed in the Fundación, for supporting the education of Lismadiela Baez, and for supporting the educational development of the youth of San Juan del Sur.​The members of Fundación A. Jean Brugger welcome Lismadiela Baez and her sponsor Bárbara Vázquez into the Fundación A. Jean Brugger family.

​In March 2018 the Fundación A. Jean Brugger officially welcomed Cesar Romero into the Scholarship Program.Romero is studying Public Accounting at the Autonomous University of Nicaragua UNAN-Managua; he is in the first year of his university career.His sponsor is Catherine Nye McLaury. This is the first time that Ms. McLaury has sponsored a student and the staff of Fundación A. Jean Brugger thanks her for the trust placed in the Fundación, for supporting the education of Cesar, and for supporting the educational development of the youth of San Juan del Sur.The members of Fundación A. Jean Brugger welcome Cesar Romero and his sponsor Catherine Nye McLaury into the Fundación A. Jean Brugger family.

In February 2018, Ruth Nohemí Rostran, who is from the community of Las Parcelas, officially entered the Fundación A. Jean Brugger Scholarship Program.Ruth is studying Marketing at the Universidad del Valle in Managua, she is in the first year of her university career.The sponsors of the scholarship are Annie and Julia Gatewood, it is the first time that they have sponsored a student of the Scholarship Program. The Staff of Fundación A. Jean Brugger thanks you for the trust placed in the Foundation, for supporting this important educational cause of the young Ruth Rostran, and support the educational development of the youth of San Juan del Sur.​The members of the A. Jean Brugger Foundation welcome the young Ruth Rostran to her sponsors Annie and Julia Gatewood, for being part of the family of the A. Jean Brugger Foundation.

Fundación A. Jean Brugger is proud to present 4 new young people who will benefit from the Scholarship Program in 2018.Alvaro Novoa, the director of the scholarship program of Fundación A. Jean Brugger, and Katie Brugger, a member of the board of directors, met with the 4 young people and their parents. The welcome meeting was held on Saturday, March 17 in the facilities of the FAJB offices.The meeting was for the purpose of giving them the full orientation to our program of Scholarships, including the commitments and responsibilities of a scholarship. They were also given a presentation of the different educational and social programs executed and supported by the Fundación A. Jean Brugger.As of this date, 11 new students have joined the scholarship program in 2018. We are very happy to contribute to the educational development of these young people.​Presenting our new students:1. Lismadiela Báez, studies Medicine UNAN- Managua / Sponsor: Bárbara Vázquez.2. Alejandro Flores, studying Systems Engineering UPOLI-Rivas / Sponsor: Daniel Hart.3. Ruth Rostrán, studies Marketing UNIVALLE -Managua / Sponsors: Annie and Julia Gatewood.4. Cesar Romero, studies UNAN-Managua Public Accountancy / Sponsor: Catherine Nye McLaury.We thank the sponsors who are also part of our Fundación family. Thank you for believing and trusting in our work. Thanks to you we can be part of the professional and human development of the young people from San Juan who applied to our program, believing in the valuable work we do to keep our mission alive.

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Fundación A. Jean Brugger is registered as an NGO with the government in Nicaragua and is based in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.It is a 501(C)3 organization registered in the United States of America as The A. Jean Brugger Education Project, EIN: 04-3558890. The organization's state of record is Massachusetts.